Who directed the 2009 science-fiction film Avatar, whose main setting is Pandora?

James Cameron directed the 2009 science-fiction film Avatar, whose main setting is Pandora.

Avatar follows former Marine Jake Sully as he joins a human mission on Pandora and operates a genetically engineered Na’vi-human body called an avatar. The film contrasts the mission’s mining interests with the culture and environment of the Na’vi.

Cameron directed, co-wrote, co-produced, and co-edited the film. Its production used extensive digital effects and performance-capture techniques, helping create Pandora’s large-scale landscapes and creatures.

The title’s connection with the word avatar refers to the remote bodies used by human operators, not to the Greek myth itself. Pandora’s name is a separate allusion that gives the fictional moon a recognizable mythological resonance.